Monday, October 26, 2015

Today is October 26th, 2015. Here are the past events of importance to anarchist history for this calendar day:
1888 – Nestor Makhno, renowned anarchist-communist military
leader of the Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine, is born in
Huliaipole.

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Today is October 25th, 2015. Here are the past events of importance to anarchist history for this calendar day:

1806 - Max Stirner was born in Bayreuth, Bavaria.
1878 - Spanish anarchist Juan Oliva Moncasi attempted to shoot Alfonso
XII of Spain, but was disarmed by the crowd, and executed several weeks
later.
2003 - The 22nd Anarchist Bookfair was held in London, England.

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Today is October 24th, 2015. Here are the past events of importance to anarchist history for this calendar day:

1868 – Belgian-French explorer, anarchist, spiritualist, Buddhist and
writer Alexandra David-Néel (pictured) is born in Saint-Mandé
1870 – Mikhail Bakunin stays one step ahead of his persecutors, sailing from Marseilles to Locarno
1886 – A letter by French anarchist militant Clément Duval of the
Panther of Batignolles justifying the group's activities appears in Le Révolté 1924 – Italian anarchist militant Ernesto Bonomini is sentenced to eight years hard labor for killing fascist Nicola Bonservizi
1970 – A bomb explodes in a government office in Greenford, England
during, one of a series of bomb attacks during a Council workers' strike
that are credited to the Angry Brigade 1975 – Spanish anarchist and CNT activist Cipriano Mera dies in Saint-Cloud, France

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Today is October 22nd, 2015. Here are the past events of importance to anarchist history for this calendar day:

1851 – French anarchist communist Joseph Dejacque receives a sentence
of to two years imprisonment for Lazaréennes: Socialist Fables &
Poems, a volume of his poetry.
1921 – French anarchist musician Georges Brassens is born in Sète
1956 – During the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, proletarian workers
begin to refuse to obey their managers, calling instead for workers'
self-management

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Today is October 21st, 2015. Here are the past events of importance to anarchist history for this calendar day:

1894 – French anarchists incite a revolt on the penal colony of Île Saint-Joseph, French Guyana
1920 – Anarchist general Kim Jwa-jin draws Japanese forces into an
ambush, leading to the victory of Korean nationalists in the Battle of
Chingshanli
1921 – Europe sees mass protests (pictured) in support of the imprisoned anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti
1949 – Spanish anarchist and anti-fascist insurgent Miguel García is
arrested, later to be tried and sentenced to death for resisting the
Franco regime 1981 – Black anarchist Kuwasi Balagoon is finally captured by the state following the Brinks robbery